The Rocket Classic & Big 10 Futures: Who could shock the College Football World | The Spread Zone

**Riz** (0:00)
If I put money down on a ****, would you think?

**Tim McKernan** (0:02)
Oh!

**Riz** (0:04)
You thinking that too?

**Tim McKernan** (0:05)
Yes!

**Anthony Stalter** (0:05)
You're going that route too.

**Tim McKernan** (0:06)
God, I thought I had a nice little Easter egg, and you got me.

**Riz** (0:12)
Welcome back to The Spread Zone. This is the show where we're trying to do one thing every single week, find edges, and make numbers work for us. And today's slate, it's perfect. So, PGA Tour, Rocket Classic in Detroit.
It's future season, so we're talking Big 10 Conference Futures and the NFL AFC East Futures Board. And yes, the show is sponsored, as always, guys, by FanDuel Sportsbook. So, my name is Riz, that there's Tim McKernan, Anthony Stalter. We're recording this Wednesday, July 29th, 2026 at Noon Central. Fellas, are we ready to make some money?

**Tim McKernan** (0:48)
Yes, sir. It's our time. You know what? I got to, when somebody does well on this show, I need to call attention to it. And you were on Emiliano Grillo last week.
And he nearly got you home. That's a wide Delta guy.

**Riz** (1:02)
Didn't have a great Sunday.

**Tim McKernan** (1:04)
That's one of the penalties of going with Emiliano, but he gave you a great Thursday, Friday, Saturday.

**Riz** (1:09)
I tell you what, I was paying attention to the 3M.

**Tim McKernan** (1:12)
You and probably. Yeah, you were. Maybe Jackson Coyvon's family, and those were the only people paying attention.

**Riz** (1:17)
To the 3M, I was like refreshing my leaderboard every couple hours. Where's Emiliano?

**Tim McKernan** (1:22)
Where is he?

**Riz** (1:22)
And he was climbing, he had a good Thursday, a good Friday, and a decent Saturday.

**Tim McKernan** (1:26)
He was live. Yeah, he has implosion. He'll press eject every once in a while. Unfortunately, he did it on Sunday for you. But you at least called that out. It was out of nowhere.

**Riz** (1:34)
I know. I was trying to make some money. I would have been a nice $700 payday.

**Tim McKernan** (1:38)
Good play. Plus $7,000.

**Anthony Stalter** (1:40)
I feel like Riz, you have mounted a nice little portfolio the last couple of weeks.

**Riz** (1:45)
What we need to do is we need to keep this going for football. Oh, yeah.

**Tim McKernan** (1:49)
Spreadsheet season.

**Riz** (1:51)
Spreadsheet season is coming.

**Anthony Stalter** (1:54)
In our inaugural year, not to go too far off the beaten path here, in our inaugural year, did at least one of us finish about $500?

**Tim McKernan** (2:03)
I can look at the spreadsheet.

**Anthony Stalter** (2:04)
I think you did, Tim.

**Tim McKernan** (2:05)
Is that right?

**Riz** (2:06)
You were hot.

**Tim McKernan** (2:08)
I was more of a surprising NFL guy when college is my game. It's kind of like I'm the golf guy and you're the one giving the people a Miliano grill.

**Anthony Stalter** (2:14)
There you go. Yeah.

**Tim McKernan** (2:16)
Listen to Rizz, don't listen to me.

**Riz** (2:18)
But it was, again, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, great. Refreshing leaderboard, there he is. He's right up there. His fifth, fourth.

**Tim McKernan** (2:26)
Plus 7,000.

**Riz** (2:27)
Climbed as far as third place. He was right there. And then Sunday rolls around and on my iPhone, you have to press now expand leaderboard.

**Tim McKernan** (2:37)
He was below the fold.

**Riz** (2:39)
Yeah, that's unfortunate.

**Tim McKernan** (2:40)
Nothing like a little sweat on a Sunday.

**Riz** (2:42)
But hey, we had fun.

**Tim McKernan** (2:43)
Hey, you got a sweat out of a plus 7,000.

**Riz** (2:45)
We had fun. All right, now we're talking the Rocket Classic, guys. The Rocket Classic, Detroit, Michigan, the Detroit Golf Club.
Now, as you all know.

**Tim McKernan** (2:57)
Yes, and when we say all, Anthony, we mean literally everybody in the audience.

**Riz** (3:02)
I got a note on this particular course they're playing at. This is a Tyler Ray newly redesigned Detroit Golf Club. So don't get too married on the, oh, what used to work here.

**Tim McKernan** (3:17)
That's right.

**Riz** (3:17)
This is a brand new course, guys. So tell me, Tim, how we bent this?

**Tim McKernan** (3:22)
Riz, I'm focused on the bombers. That's who I'm focused on. This is a driving distance golf course, and even with the renovations, you make reference to, you have a couple of super long par fives. And if I'm not mistaken, you have four par fours that are 470 yards or longer, which for the amateur player would usually be in the category of a par five. Last year's winner, speaking of everyone knowing something, everyone knows Aldrich Potgieter won this last year.